Our Partners

Epilepsy Action Australia gratefully acknowledges the funding support of Sydney West Area Health Service. The Department of Health’s NGO grant program funding specifically supports the delivery of NSW community based health education services provided by Epilepsy Action Australia’s registered nurses with expertise in epilepsy.

Epilepsy Action Australia gratefully acknowledges the funding support of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.

Since 2007 Epilepsy Action Australia has worked in partnership with the Epilepsy Association of Western Australia to improve services for the approximate 17,000 Western Australians with epilepsy. Epilepsy Action Australia service staff are based at the same location as the Epilepsy Association of Western Australia. The two organisations are working together to address the social isolation and the inequity of care of individuals with epilepsy in rural and regional Australia.

In 2007, Epilepsy Action Australia initiated a partnership with The George Institute for Global Health that has lead to a major epidemiological research project. This study, Sydney Epilepsy Incidence Study to Measure Illness Consequences (SEISMIC) explores the incidence, psychosocial impact and household economic burden of epilepsy in a large population.

Epilepsy Action Australia partners with Livewire (www.livewire.org.au) which provides a free, safe and supportive online community for young people, aged over 10 and under 21, living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability. It’s a place for them to hang out, meet new friends, chat online, share experiences, creatively express themselves and know that they are not alone in their situation. Livewire also offers a community for siblings and shortly for parents or carers of people living with a chronic health condition.